Development of a standardized laparoscopic caecum resection model to simulate laparoscopic appendectomy in rats

Table 2 Studies reporting on laparoscopic caecum resections in rats

Publication	Size of the animal	Anaesthesia	Pneumoperitoneum	Access	Angiocatheter	Laparoscope	Instrument diameter	Incision enlargement	Type of resection	Type of closure
Allendorf et al. 1996 [16]	150 g	Ketamine	4 to 6 mmHg CO₂	3 ports	Yes (25 gauge)	4 mm	2 × 2 mm	4 mm	Extracorporeal	Ligature
Allendorf et al. 1997 [17]	150 g	Ketamine	4 to 6 mmHg CO₂	3 ports	Yes (25 gauge)	4 mm	2 × 2 mm	4 to 5 mm	Extracorporeal	Ligature
Le Moine et al. 1998 [18]	unknown	Ketamine	12 mmHg CO₂	3 trocars	No	unknown	unknown	unknown	Extracorporeal	Ligature
Jacobi et al. 2001 [19]	unknown	Barbiturate	8 mmHg CO₂/Helium	3 trocars	No	5 mm (uncertain)	unknown	1 cm	Extracorporeal	Suture
Opitz et al. 2003 [20]	250 to 300 g	Barbiturate	8 mmHg CO₂	1 trocar, 2 ports	No	3.5 mm	2 × 3.5 mm	unknown	Extracorporeal	Suture
Lee et al. 2003 [21]	unknown	Ketamine	4 mmHg CO₂	2 incisions	Yes (18 gauge)	5 mm	1 × 2 mm	unknown	Extracorporeal	Ligature
Bobrich et al. 2007 [22]	250 to 300 g	Barbiturate	8 mmHg CO₂	3 trocars	No	3.5 mm (uncertain)	unknown	unknown	Extracorporeal	Suture
Polat et al. 2008 [23]	300 to 350 g	Ketamine	4 to 6 mmHg CO₂	unknown (3 accesses)	Yes (25 gauge)	4 mm	2 × 2 mm	4 mm (uncertain)	Intracorporeal/extracorporeal	Loop suture/ligature
Schmelzer et al. 2008 [24]	unknown	Isoflurane	4 mmHg CO₂	1 trocar, 1 incision	No	3 mm	1 × 2 mm	1 cm	Extracorporeal	Ligature

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